Tailored Anti-Inflammatory (A-I) Diet for Hispanics with Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

Description

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of an anti-inflammatory diet that incorporates native foods of the Hispanics/Latino (H/L) diet on disease remission in H/L patients with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and to identify biomarkers of response to dietary therapy.

Conditions

Ulcerative Colitis

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Study overview

The purpose of this study is to test the effect of an anti-inflammatory diet that incorporates native foods of the Hispanics/Latino (H/L) diet on disease remission in H/L patients with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and to identify biomarkers of response to dietary therapy.

A Culturally Tailored Anti-inflammatory Diet for Hispanic Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Tailored Anti-Inflammatory (A-I) Diet for Hispanics with Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

Condition
Ulcerative Colitis
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Miami

University of Miami Health System, Miami, Florida, United States, 33136

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Documented diagnosis with ulcerative colitis from medical records.
  • * Self-Identify as Hispanic /Latino
  • * Ages 16-75
  • * SCCAI between 3-9 (no greater than 12 bowel movements a day)
  • * Fecal calprotectin \> 150mg/dl.
  • * On stable medications for their disease for the past 3 months
  • * Likeability of Latin foods (starchy vegetables, rice, tropical fruits, plantains)
  • * No recent Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) related hospitalization in the last month.
  • * Diagnosis of Crohn's Disease (CD).
  • * Prior ileoanal anastomosis (J-pouch) or diversion
  • * No recent hospitalizations on the last 4 weeks
  • * No Clostridium difficile or enteric infections on the last 4 weeks
  • * No use of probiotics on the last 4 weeks
  • * Patients following the specific carbohydrate diet or mediterranean diet or anti-inflammatory diet
  • * No active cancer or conditions limiting their ability to follow a diet (heart failure, end stage renal disease)
  • * Pregnancy, breastfeeding or planning to become pregnant during study period
  • * Use of Total Parenteral Nutrition at the time of screening and during the study period
  • * Other significant or life-threatening co-morbidities
  • * The need for antibiotic use during the study period
  • * Adults unable to consent
  • * Ages less than 16 and \> 75 years old
  • * Prisoners

Ages Eligible for Study

16 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Miami,

Oriana Damas, MD, MSCTI, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Miami Health System

Study Record Dates

2030-09-01